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'''Aarhus''' (until 2010and still commonly used: ''Århus'') is the second-largest city of [[Denmark]].It is also known as the city of smiles. :)

== ==You can get very good maps of Aarhus for free at the tourist information, it is inside the library Dokk1 located at the harbour, 700 m. from the train station.  In the library Dokk1 there is the turist information and there are computers and WiFi that you can use for free. (wifi is called SmartAarhus - ask for someone's danish phone number to log-in as a guest). You can also find lockers there where You can store your lugage for free in their opening hours, using a 20 kroner coin that you will get back. On the train station there are luggage boxes where you can store your luggage ( 20 kronas kroners per day for small one, 40 kronas kroners for a big one). == Transport == BIKES There are used to be municipal bicycles (blue or colorful, with thick construction) which you can could use for 20 kronas kroners without any limitations (on the internet you can find a map of the stands for these bicycles. Many of them are already taken, so stands can be empty. Be If you manage to find one, be aware that quality is not perfect.) You can also often find abandoned bikes. If it looks quite trashy and is unlocked, you may adopt it. If it has a yellow sticker from the municipality, it has been there long time and soon will be picked up by the police and sold in their auction. Danes have a natural bike-sharing eco-system going on, especially after a night out. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION  You can buy tickets for busses & letbanen in Aarhus area using phone app Midtraffic. For train - DSB app.In Aarhus (and the rest of Denmark) you can use the app/homepage "rejseplanen", which shows you the easiest and fastest way to use the public transportation. Google Maps works just fine too.  Yellow busses, trains and Letbanen you can enter freely with a risk of 750dkk (100eur) fine. In Blue regional busses you enter at the driver and show\buy a ticket (you can try to walk past by showing an expired ticket). Control is not so frequent, and mainly happens downtown (klostertorv-park alle route). They wear black clothes with Securitas 3 red dots logo, and have small machines on their waist.You can avoid the fine if you don't show reveal your real identity and formal information to Control officers (say you only have a (foreign!) bank card instead). Even if you did, the fine might not arrive outside of Denmark, especially outside Europe. == Nice places to visit and free dinners == '''Den Gamle By'''Near the centre there is a famous open air museum with hundreds-year-old picturesque buildings. The entrance fee is around 9 euros, but at some places along the fence it is very easy to sneak in. The gate is often open at night, the guard is quite friendly towards polite and clean night visitors. '''Botanical gardens'''Very close to this museum is a botanical garden, which is and free of charge. There are free toilets and small useful lockers and wifi inside (June 2016have a coin for the locker that you'll get back). In Aarhus '''Institut for (X)''' Best known place in town! Cultural center, diverse community, venue for musical events, workshops, exhibitions. Colorful container city with many artist, music studios, local businesses and non-profits. Feel free to hang around and meet wonderful people. #localheroes On Thursdays, join free Creative Dinners in Area K and afterwards join the rest Fire Flow Jam next to A-house. '''Aros Art Museum'''Worth to visit! 2 persons can enter free with Aros card (yearly Aros public membership). Ask your couchsurfing host if they have it! You will Scan the card at the right side of Denmarkthe entrance (online billet) you can use . '''Kunsthal'''Always free art museum close to Aros. There’s free toilet and wifi. '''Cafè Mellemfolk'''Volunteer ran activist cafe downtown Aarhus, hosts losts of cosy events. On Monday evenings Foodsharing Aarhus give away some groceries there. '''Ungdoms Kultur Huset'''Youth culture house. Hosts a lot of events. On Mondays look for Madmekka event to join a free dinner with people with or without refugee background. '''Trøjborg Beboerhus'''On Sundays join the app/homepage "rejseplanen", which shows you free People's kitchen (folkekøkken) on Sundays. '''Harbor area'''Aarhus Ø area (where the easiest famous iceberg buildins are) and fastest way Bassin7 is worth to take a walk in. Closer to use the public transportationcenter, beautiful dome [https://www.facebook.com/domenaarhus/ Domen] sometimes hosts free events, concerts, movie screenings and more. '''Sydhaven'''South area of Aarhus, includind Frontloberne, Kulbroen, Reuse, Skraldecafeen and more...

 '''In Nature:''' There is a long beach to the south leading out of the city with a huge park/forest, with a few shelters where you can built your tentcamp. Be aware that there are small path going through the park/forest, so in the morning Morning you can easily meet e.g. joggers. Along the beach there are a few clean toilets free of charge.In this park/forest you can find museum or a park with deers(free entrance) and further South a Moesgaard museum (up to 160dkk or using a member card). It's also nice to know that it is legaly allowed so be naked in the beach nearby forest in Denmark! :)About free tenting in Denmark:https://naturstyrelsen.dk/naturoplevelser/overnatning/fri-teltning/Find shelters map and more info:https://friluftslivaarhus.dk/https://eng.naturstyrelsen.dk/experience-nature/sleeping-outside-in-nature/ == Dumpsterdiving =='''Stuff:''' You can find anything in Aarhus! Just keep looking in the piles or bags on the streets and next to the trashcans. There are several groups on facebook for sharing free things called storskrald, gives bort gratis, free your stuff aarhus and simillar.Visit recycling center [https://www.facebook.com/ReUseAarhus/ REUSE] to find small or big free treasures. At times they host free bike or stuff repair workshops. '''FOOD:''' Close by Reuse, Skraldecafèen is located. They have a few free fridges, where you can often find ready made meal packs and sandwiches and other dumpsterdived or donated foods. There are many good places to dumpsterdive in Aarhus, including city center. [https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?fbclid=IwAR089RT_tWK1h1W5lySiKVU7rCDJzlgSDYyScIz77EOTo-21vBjPHtYbTAE&mid=11EhzxXVCHwBvbmXncoe_7Pu4T3s&ll=56.16439047353024%2C10.218701789351744&z=13 Check this map] for reference. It might be outdated, keep trying! Bonus for reading: pass by Briançon bakery next to the canal downtown afteir their closing hours for the tastiest bread and croissants in town (just push the gate in and pass through)!

Good spot for cars going north on the E45 motorway, accessible by bus from Århus city center. Take the 25 14 bus to Tilst Vestervej towards Sabro and get off at Tilst Vestervej/Frømosevej (or later, but you'll have to walk back). Walk back to the [[roundabout]] and turn right to walk along the Viborgvej for 5 minutes. You'll come to a sliproad for cars going north on the E45 road. Walk along it and the road straightens out, so cars can see you from a long way off and have time to stop - or try at the beginning of the sliproad where cars are still slow.

* Go to the harbour of '''Aarhus''' (see map) and have a look for the ferry towards ''Sj. Odde(full name Sjællands Odde)''. Wait in front of the terminals with a sign for [[Copenhagen]], nearly everybody is going there. The drivers pay per car and not per person so it is free for them to bring you. You can find timetables for the ferry here: [http://www.mols-linien.dk/ Mols Linien]